2688 lines
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2688 lines
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{
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"yeasts":{
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"something that arouses action or activity":{
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"examples":[
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"taxation without representation proved to be the yeast of rebellion"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"boosts",
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"encouragements",
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"goads",
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"impetuses",
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"impulses",
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"incentives",
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"incitations",
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"incitements",
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"instigations",
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"momenta",
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"momentums",
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"motivations",
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"provocations",
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"spurs",
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"stimulants",
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"stimuli"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"inducements",
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"invitations",
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"antecedents",
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"causes",
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"considerations",
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"grounds",
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"motives",
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"occasions",
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"reasons",
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"catalysts",
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"catalyzers",
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"fuels",
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"sparks"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"counterincentives",
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"counter-incentives",
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"disincentives"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"yell":{
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"a loud vocal expression of strong emotion":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the crowd gave a yell of approval"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"mumble",
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"murmur",
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"mutter",
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"gasp",
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"whimper",
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"whisper"
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],
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"related":[
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"ejaculation",
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"interjection",
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"scream",
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"screech",
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"shriek",
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"shrill",
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"squall",
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"squeak",
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"squeal",
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"yelp",
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"bawl",
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"bellow",
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"clamor",
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"outcry",
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"roar",
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"caterwaul",
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"plaint",
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"wail"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cry",
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"holler",
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"hoot",
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"howl",
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"shout",
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"whoop",
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"yowl"
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]
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},
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"to cry out loudly and emotionally":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"yelled with fear when the speeding car veered onto the crowded sidewalk"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"murmur",
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"mutter",
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"whisper"
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],
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"related":[
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"bay",
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"caterwaul",
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"keen",
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"squawk",
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"wail",
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"yawp",
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"yaup",
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"yowl",
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"bawl",
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"call",
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"cry",
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"holler",
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"shout",
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"thunder",
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"vociferate"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"howl",
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"scream",
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"screech",
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"shriek",
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"shrill",
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"squall",
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"squeal",
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"yelp"
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]
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},
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"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"I yelled to the kids in the backyard that it was time to go home"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"breathe",
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"mumble",
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"murmur",
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"mutter",
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"whisper"
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],
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"related":[
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"crow",
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"whoop",
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"scream",
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"screech",
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"shriek",
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"shrill",
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"squeak",
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"squeal",
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"caterwaul",
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"howl",
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"ululate",
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"wail",
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"yawp",
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"yaup",
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"yowl",
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"hail",
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"speak out",
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"speak up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bawl",
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"bay",
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"bellow",
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"call",
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"cry",
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"holler",
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"hollo",
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"halloo",
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"hallo",
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"roar",
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"shout",
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"sound off",
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"thunder",
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"vociferate"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"yes":{
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"used to express agreement":{
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"examples":[
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"yes , I'll be ready for the test tomorrow"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"all right",
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"alright",
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"aye",
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"ay",
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"exactly",
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"OK",
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"okay",
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"okeydoke",
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"okeydokey",
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"yea",
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"yeah",
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"yep",
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"yo"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"absolutely",
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"assuredly",
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"certainly",
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"indeed",
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"indisputably",
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"positively",
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"undoubtedly",
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"unquestionably"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"nay",
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"no",
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"no way",
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"scarcely"
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]
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},
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"a vote or decision for something":{
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"examples":[
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"the bill passed with 50 \" yeses \" and 12 \"noes\""
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affirmative",
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"yea"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"pro",
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"acceptance",
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"accession",
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"acquiescence",
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"agreement",
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"approval",
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"assent",
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"concurrence",
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"consent",
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"permission",
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"sanction"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"con",
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"blackball",
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"veto",
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"declination",
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"denial",
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"disallowance",
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"negation",
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"refusal",
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"rejection",
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"turndown"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"nay",
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"negative",
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"no",
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"non placet"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"yes-man":{
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"a person (especially a man) who agrees with everything that someone says; a person who supports the opinions or ideas of someone else in order to earn that person's approval":{
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"examples":[
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"corporate yes-men"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"apparatchik",
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"camp follower",
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"flunky",
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"flunkey",
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"flunkie",
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"hanger-on",
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"henchman",
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"lackey",
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"lickspittle",
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"minion",
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"myrmidon",
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"satellite",
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"stooge",
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"sycophant",
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"toady",
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"acolyte",
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"adherent",
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"convert",
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"disciple",
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"epigone",
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"follower",
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"liege man",
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"partisan",
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"partizan",
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"pupil",
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"votarist",
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"votary",
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"apostle",
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"missionary",
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"proselytizer",
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"soldier",
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"faithful",
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"loyalist",
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"advocate",
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"backer",
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"champion",
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"supporter",
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"prot\u00e9g\u00e9",
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"scholar",
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"student",
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"ideologist",
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"ideologue",
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"idealogue",
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"sectarian",
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"admirer",
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"cultist",
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"devotee",
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"enthusiast",
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"fan",
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"idolater",
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"idolator",
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"worshipper",
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"worshiper",
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"zealot"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"apostate",
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"defector",
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"renegade",
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"traitor",
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"turncoat",
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"coryphaeus",
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"leader"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"yet":{
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"at a later time":{
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"examples":[
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"we may yet figure it out"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"eventually",
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"finally",
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"someday",
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"sometime",
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"sooner or later",
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"ultimately"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"anon",
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"before long",
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"by and by",
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"directly",
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"imminently",
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"momentarily",
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"presently",
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"shortly",
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"soon",
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"forthwith",
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"immediately",
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"promptly",
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"pronto",
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"right away",
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"right now",
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"right off",
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"straightaway",
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"straightway"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ne'er",
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"never",
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"nevermore"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"in addition to what has been said":{
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"examples":[
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"offered yet another option for our planned tour of Europe"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"additionally",
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"again",
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"also",
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"besides",
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"either",
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"further",
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"furthermore",
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"likewise",
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"more",
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"moreover",
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"then",
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"too",
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"withal"
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],
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"near synonyms":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"in spite of that":{
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"examples":[
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"the hikers were scared, and yet they continued to go deeper into the cave"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"even so",
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"howbeit",
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"however",
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"nevertheless",
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"nonetheless",
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"notwithstanding",
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"still",
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"still and all",
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"though",
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"withal"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"after all",
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"anyhow",
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"regardless",
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"per contra"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"up to this or that time":{
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"examples":[
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"we have yet to win a single game",
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"she had yet to accomplish a single thing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"heretofore",
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"hitherto",
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"theretofore"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"before",
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"formerly",
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"previously"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"afterward",
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"afterwards",
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"later",
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"subsequently",
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"hereupon",
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"thereupon"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"henceforth",
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"henceforward",
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"hereafter",
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"thenceforth",
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"thenceforward",
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"thenceforwards",
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"thereafter"
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]
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},
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"if it were not for the fact that":{
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"examples":[
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"it feels like summer, yet according to the calendar we're still in early spring"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"but",
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"except",
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"excepting",
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"only",
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"saving"
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],
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"near synonyms":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb",
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"conjunction"
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]
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},
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"yearn (for)":{
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"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
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"examples":[
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"yearned for a little house in the country"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ache (for)",
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"covet",
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"crave",
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"desiderate",
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"desire",
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"die (for)",
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"hanker (for or after)",
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"hunger (for)",
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"itch (for)",
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"jones (for)",
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"long (for)",
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"lust (for or after)",
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"pant (after)",
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"pine (for)",
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"repine (for)",
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"salivate (for)",
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"sigh (for)",
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"thirst (for)",
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"want",
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"wish (for)",
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"yen (for)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"spoil (for)",
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"adore",
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"delight (in)",
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"dig",
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"enjoy",
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"fancy",
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"groove (on)",
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"like",
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"love",
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"relish",
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"revel (in)",
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"favor",
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"prefer",
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"admire",
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"appreciate",
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"cherish",
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"prize",
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"treasure",
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"value"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abhor",
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"abominate",
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"despise",
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"detest",
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"execrate",
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"hate",
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"loathe",
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"decline",
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"refuse",
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"reject",
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"spurn"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"yecch":{
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"used to express disgust":{
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"examples":[
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"yech , I hate those bugs!"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"faugh",
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"fie",
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"phew",
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"phooey",
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"rats",
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"ugh",
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"yuck",
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"yuk"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ah",
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"bah",
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"boo",
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"humph",
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"pish",
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"pooh",
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"pshaw",
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"sheesh",
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"tush",
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"tut",
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"tut-tut",
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"alack",
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"alas",
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"woe"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"interjection"
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]
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},
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"yearned":{
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"as in longed , pined":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"longed",
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"pined",
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"agonized",
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"chafed",
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"bothered",
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"feared",
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"fretted",
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"fussed",
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"stewed",
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"stressed",
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"sweat",
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"sweated",
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"troubled",
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"worried",
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"despaired"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accepted",
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"abided",
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"abode",
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"bore",
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"endured",
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"stomached",
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"stuck out",
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"sustained",
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"tolerated",
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"took"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"yearbook":{
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"as in annual , weekly":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"annual",
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"bimonthly",
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"biweekly",
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"daily",
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"monthly",
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"quarterly",
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"semimonthly",
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"semiweekly",
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"triweekly",
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"weekly",
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"book",
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"bulletin",
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"diurnal",
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"gazette",
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"journal",
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"mag",
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"magazine",
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"newspaper",
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"organ",
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"paper",
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"periodical",
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"rag",
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"review",
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"serial",
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"zine",
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"digest",
|
|
"little magazine",
|
|
"fanzine",
|
|
"pictorial",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"edition",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"tab",
|
|
"tabloid",
|
|
"newsletter",
|
|
"newsmagazine",
|
|
"newsweekly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yeses":{
|
|
"a vote or decision for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bill passed with 50 \" yeses \" and 12 \"noes\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirmatives",
|
|
"yeas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pros",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"acquiescences",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"declinations",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"disallowances",
|
|
"negations",
|
|
"refusals",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"turndowns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nays",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"noes",
|
|
"nos",
|
|
"non placets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yearning (over)":{
|
|
"to have sympathy for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"who wouldn't yearn over the poor little girl who fell and scraped her knee?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aching (for)",
|
|
"bleeding (for)",
|
|
"commiserating (with)",
|
|
"compassionating",
|
|
"condoling (with)",
|
|
"feeling (for)",
|
|
"pitying",
|
|
"sympathizing (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"grieving (for)",
|
|
"sorrowing (for)",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"empathizing (with)",
|
|
"identifying (with)",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yes-men":{
|
|
"a person (especially a man) who agrees with everything that someone says; a person who supports the opinions or ideas of someone else in order to earn that person's approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"corporate yes-men"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparatchiks",
|
|
"apparatchiki",
|
|
"camp followers",
|
|
"flunkies",
|
|
"flunkeys",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"henchmen",
|
|
"lackeys",
|
|
"lickspittles",
|
|
"minions",
|
|
"myrmidons",
|
|
"satellites",
|
|
"stooges",
|
|
"sycophants",
|
|
"toadies",
|
|
"acolytes",
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"epigones",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"liege men",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"pupils",
|
|
"votaries",
|
|
"votarists",
|
|
"apostles",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"proselytizers",
|
|
"soldiers",
|
|
"faithfuls",
|
|
"loyalists",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"prot\u00e9g\u00e9s",
|
|
"scholars",
|
|
"students",
|
|
"ideologists",
|
|
"ideologues",
|
|
"idealogues",
|
|
"sectarians",
|
|
"admirers",
|
|
"cultists",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"idolaters",
|
|
"idolators",
|
|
"worshippers",
|
|
"worshipers",
|
|
"zealots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apostates",
|
|
"defectors",
|
|
"renegades",
|
|
"traitors",
|
|
"turncoats",
|
|
"coryphaei",
|
|
"leaders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yen (for)":{
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what car lover doesn't yen for a new car at the start of every model year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ache (for)",
|
|
"covet",
|
|
"crave",
|
|
"desiderate",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"die (for)",
|
|
"hanker (for or after)",
|
|
"hunger (for)",
|
|
"itch (for)",
|
|
"jones (for)",
|
|
"long (for)",
|
|
"lust (for or after)",
|
|
"pant (after)",
|
|
"pine (for)",
|
|
"repine (for)",
|
|
"salivate (for)",
|
|
"sigh (for)",
|
|
"thirst (for)",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish (for)",
|
|
"yearn (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spoil (for)",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"groove (on)",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"spurn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"years":{
|
|
"as in generations , cycles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cycles",
|
|
"generations",
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"days",
|
|
"epochs",
|
|
"eras",
|
|
"periods",
|
|
"times",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"spaces",
|
|
"spans",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"whiles",
|
|
"dates",
|
|
"vintages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yesteryear":{
|
|
"the events or experience of former times":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the simple games of yesteryear that kept children entertained for hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auld lang syne",
|
|
"history",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"yesterday",
|
|
"yore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"flashback",
|
|
"annals",
|
|
"chronicle",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"memoir",
|
|
"antiquity",
|
|
"long ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"by-and-by",
|
|
"future",
|
|
"futurity",
|
|
"hereafter",
|
|
"offing",
|
|
"tomorrow",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"today"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yearnings":{
|
|
"a strong wish for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had a sudden yearning for something sweet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appetency",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"jones",
|
|
"letch",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"thirst",
|
|
"thirstiness",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"yen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"impulsion",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"impatience",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"acquisitiveness",
|
|
"avarice",
|
|
"avariciousness",
|
|
"avidity",
|
|
"covetousness",
|
|
"cupidity",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"greediness",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"caco\u00ebthes",
|
|
"mania"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in crying , pressing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exigent",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"urgent",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"ravenous",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"unappeased",
|
|
"unsatisfied",
|
|
"inappeasable",
|
|
"inextinguishable",
|
|
"insatiable",
|
|
"insatiate",
|
|
"quenchless",
|
|
"unappeasable",
|
|
"unquenchable",
|
|
"unslakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeasable",
|
|
"extinguishable",
|
|
"satiable",
|
|
"satisfiable",
|
|
"satiate",
|
|
"satiated",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"restrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in longing , pining":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"fearing",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"despairing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"stomaching",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yen":{
|
|
"a strong wish for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I have a strange yen to take the day off from work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appetency",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"jones",
|
|
"letch",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"thirst",
|
|
"thirstiness",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"yearning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"impulsion",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"impatience",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"acquisitiveness",
|
|
"avarice",
|
|
"avariciousness",
|
|
"avidity",
|
|
"covetousness",
|
|
"cupidity",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"greediness",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"caco\u00ebthes",
|
|
"mania"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yeshivot":{
|
|
"as in madrassas , Sunday schools":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"madrassas",
|
|
"madrasas",
|
|
"madrassahs",
|
|
"madrasahs",
|
|
"Sunday schools",
|
|
"charter schools",
|
|
"magnet schools",
|
|
"minischools",
|
|
"common schools",
|
|
"elementary schools",
|
|
"grammar schools",
|
|
"high schools",
|
|
"junior high schools",
|
|
"kindergartens",
|
|
"middle schools",
|
|
"primary schools",
|
|
"public schools",
|
|
"secondary schools",
|
|
"senior high schools",
|
|
"trade schools",
|
|
"training schools",
|
|
"boarding schools",
|
|
"preparatory schools",
|
|
"preps",
|
|
"prep schools",
|
|
"academes",
|
|
"academies",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"seminaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yeshivah":{
|
|
"as in madrassa , Sunday school":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"madrassa",
|
|
"madrasa",
|
|
"madrassah",
|
|
"madrasah",
|
|
"Sunday school",
|
|
"charter school",
|
|
"magnet school",
|
|
"minischool",
|
|
"common school",
|
|
"elementary school",
|
|
"grammar school",
|
|
"high school",
|
|
"junior high school",
|
|
"kindergarten",
|
|
"middle school",
|
|
"primary school",
|
|
"public school",
|
|
"secondary school",
|
|
"senior high school",
|
|
"trade school",
|
|
"training school",
|
|
"boarding school",
|
|
"prep",
|
|
"preparatory school",
|
|
"prep school",
|
|
"academe",
|
|
"academy",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"seminary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yearn (over)":{
|
|
"to have sympathy for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"who wouldn't yearn over the poor little girl who fell and scraped her knee?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ache (for)",
|
|
"bleed (for)",
|
|
"commiserate (with)",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"condole (with)",
|
|
"feel (for)",
|
|
"pity",
|
|
"sympathize (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"grieve (for)",
|
|
"sorrow (for)",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"empathize (with)",
|
|
"identify (with)",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yesteryears":{
|
|
"the events or experience of former times":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the simple games of yesteryear that kept children entertained for hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auld lang synes",
|
|
"histories",
|
|
"pasts",
|
|
"yesterdays",
|
|
"yores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bygones",
|
|
"flashbacks",
|
|
"annals",
|
|
"chronicles",
|
|
"records",
|
|
"memoirs",
|
|
"antiquities",
|
|
"long agos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"by-and-bys",
|
|
"futures",
|
|
"futurities",
|
|
"hereafters",
|
|
"offings",
|
|
"tomorrows",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"nows",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"todays"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yeoman":{
|
|
"as in sharecropper , crofter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crofter",
|
|
"cropper",
|
|
"gentleman farmer",
|
|
"sharecropper",
|
|
"subsistence farmer",
|
|
"tenant farmer",
|
|
"agriculturist",
|
|
"agriculturalist",
|
|
"agronomist",
|
|
"cultivator",
|
|
"grower",
|
|
"planter",
|
|
"tiller",
|
|
"farmhand",
|
|
"field hand",
|
|
"gleaner",
|
|
"harvester",
|
|
"plowman",
|
|
"reaper",
|
|
"workfolk",
|
|
"workfolks",
|
|
"homesteader",
|
|
"nester",
|
|
"granger",
|
|
"rancher",
|
|
"ranchero",
|
|
"ranchman",
|
|
"campesino"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yearns":{
|
|
"as in longs , pines":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"longs",
|
|
"pines",
|
|
"agonizes",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"fears",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"despairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"sticks out",
|
|
"stomachs",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"tolerates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yearbooks":{
|
|
"as in annuals , weeklies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annuals",
|
|
"bimonthlies",
|
|
"biweeklies",
|
|
"dailies",
|
|
"monthlies",
|
|
"quarterlies",
|
|
"semimonthlies",
|
|
"semiweeklies",
|
|
"triweeklies",
|
|
"weeklies",
|
|
"books",
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"diurnals",
|
|
"gazettes",
|
|
"journals",
|
|
"magazines",
|
|
"mags",
|
|
"newspapers",
|
|
"organs",
|
|
"papers",
|
|
"periodicals",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"serials",
|
|
"zines",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"little magazines",
|
|
"fanzines",
|
|
"pictorials",
|
|
"slicks",
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"editions",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"sheets",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"tabloids",
|
|
"tabs",
|
|
"newsletters",
|
|
"newsmagazines",
|
|
"newsweeklies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yeasty":{
|
|
"lacking in seriousness or maturity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the yeasty chatter at a cocktail party on New Year's Eve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"ditzy",
|
|
"ditsy",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"frothy",
|
|
"futile",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"light-minded",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"silly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"inane",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"giggly",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"staid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"unfrivolous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yearning (for)":{
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"yearned for a little house in the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aching (for)",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desiderating",
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"dying (for)",
|
|
"hankering (for or after)",
|
|
"hungering (for)",
|
|
"itching (for)",
|
|
"jonesing (for)",
|
|
"longing (for)",
|
|
"lusting (for or after)",
|
|
"panting (after)",
|
|
"pining (for)",
|
|
"repining (for)",
|
|
"salivating (for)",
|
|
"sighing (for)",
|
|
"thirsting (for)",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"wishing (for)",
|
|
"yenning (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spoiling (for)",
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"delighting (in)",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"grooving (on)",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"reveling (in)",
|
|
"revelling (in)",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"spurning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yeas":{
|
|
"a vote or decision for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the measure passed with 50 yeas and 17 nays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirmatives",
|
|
"yeses",
|
|
"yesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pros",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"acquiescences",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"declinations",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"disallowances",
|
|
"negations",
|
|
"refusals",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"turndowns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nays",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"noes",
|
|
"nos",
|
|
"non placets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yeomen":{
|
|
"as in sharecroppers , crofters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crofters",
|
|
"croppers",
|
|
"gentlemen farmers",
|
|
"sharecroppers",
|
|
"subsistence farmers",
|
|
"tenant farmers",
|
|
"agriculturists",
|
|
"agriculturalists",
|
|
"agronomists",
|
|
"cultivators",
|
|
"growers",
|
|
"planters",
|
|
"tillers",
|
|
"farmhands",
|
|
"field hands",
|
|
"gleaners",
|
|
"harvesters",
|
|
"plowmen",
|
|
"reapers",
|
|
"workfolks",
|
|
"homesteaders",
|
|
"nesters",
|
|
"grangers",
|
|
"rancheros",
|
|
"ranchers",
|
|
"ranchmen",
|
|
"campesinos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yearly":{
|
|
"occurring once every year":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The department store has a yearly clearance sale that attracts shoppers from all over the region."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annual",
|
|
"bimonthly",
|
|
"biweekly",
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"monthly",
|
|
"quarterly",
|
|
"semimonthly",
|
|
"semiweekly",
|
|
"triweekly",
|
|
"weekly",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"intermittent",
|
|
"perennial",
|
|
"periodic",
|
|
"recurrent",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"repeated",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"serial",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"year-rounder":{
|
|
"a usually longtime resident of a locality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"year-rounders love the off-season, when the tourists are a bittersweet memory and once again they have the island all to themselves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"local",
|
|
"localite",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"townie",
|
|
"towny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"denizen",
|
|
"dweller",
|
|
"habitant",
|
|
"inhabitant",
|
|
"occupant",
|
|
"resident",
|
|
"resider"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excursionist",
|
|
"sightseer",
|
|
"traveler",
|
|
"traveller",
|
|
"holidayer",
|
|
"vacationer",
|
|
"vacationist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"year":{
|
|
"as in generation , cycle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"generation",
|
|
"age",
|
|
"day",
|
|
"epoch",
|
|
"era",
|
|
"period",
|
|
"time",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"span",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"while",
|
|
"date",
|
|
"vintage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yeast":{
|
|
"something that arouses action or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"taxation without representation proved to be the yeast of rebellion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"incitation",
|
|
"incitement",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"momentum",
|
|
"motivation",
|
|
"provocation",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"invitation",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"catalyzer",
|
|
"fuel",
|
|
"spark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"counterincentive",
|
|
"disincentive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yelled":{
|
|
"to cry out loudly and emotionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"yelled with fear when the speeding car veered onto the crowded sidewalk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"screeched",
|
|
"shrieked",
|
|
"shrilled",
|
|
"squalled",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"yelped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"squawked",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"yawped",
|
|
"yauped",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"thundered",
|
|
"vociferated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"whispered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I yelled to the kids in the backyard that it was time to go home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"bellowed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"holloed",
|
|
"hallooed",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"thundered",
|
|
"vociferated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"whooped",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"screeched",
|
|
"shrieked",
|
|
"shrilled",
|
|
"squeaked",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"ululated",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"yawped",
|
|
"yauped",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"whispered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yentas":{
|
|
"a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the couple's loud quarrel had the building's yentas yapping for a week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circulators",
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossipmongers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"newsmongers",
|
|
"quidnuncs",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"tale-tellers",
|
|
"telltales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayers",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"snitchers",
|
|
"squealers",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"libelers",
|
|
"scandalmongers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yearning":{
|
|
"a strong wish for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had a sudden yearning for something sweet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appetency",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"jones",
|
|
"letch",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"thirst",
|
|
"thirstiness",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"yen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"impulsion",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"impatience",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"acquisitiveness",
|
|
"avarice",
|
|
"avariciousness",
|
|
"avidity",
|
|
"covetousness",
|
|
"cupidity",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"greediness",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"caco\u00ebthes",
|
|
"mania"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in crying , pressing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exigent",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"urgent",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"ravenous",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"unappeased",
|
|
"unsatisfied",
|
|
"inappeasable",
|
|
"inextinguishable",
|
|
"insatiable",
|
|
"insatiate",
|
|
"quenchless",
|
|
"unappeasable",
|
|
"unquenchable",
|
|
"unslakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeasable",
|
|
"extinguishable",
|
|
"satiable",
|
|
"satisfiable",
|
|
"satiate",
|
|
"satiated",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"restrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in longing , pining":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"fearing",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"despairing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"stomaching",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yens (for)":{
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what car lover doesn't yen for a new car at the start of every model year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aches (for)",
|
|
"covets",
|
|
"craves",
|
|
"desiderates",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"dies (for)",
|
|
"hankers (for or after)",
|
|
"hungers (for)",
|
|
"itches (for)",
|
|
"joneses (for)",
|
|
"longs (for)",
|
|
"lusts (for or after)",
|
|
"pants (after)",
|
|
"pines (for)",
|
|
"repines (for)",
|
|
"salivates (for)",
|
|
"sighs (for)",
|
|
"thirsts (for)",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"wishes (for)",
|
|
"yearns (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spoils (for)",
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"delights (in)",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"grooves (on)",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"revels (in)",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"spurns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yenta":{
|
|
"a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the couple's loud quarrel had the building's yentas yapping for a week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circulator",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"gossipmonger",
|
|
"newsmonger",
|
|
"quidnunc",
|
|
"tale-teller",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"telltale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"snitcher",
|
|
"squealer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"libeler",
|
|
"scandalmonger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yesses":{
|
|
"a vote or decision for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bill passed with 50 \" yeses \" and 12 \"noes\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirmatives",
|
|
"yeas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pros",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"acquiescences",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"declinations",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"disallowances",
|
|
"negations",
|
|
"refusals",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"turndowns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nays",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"noes",
|
|
"nos",
|
|
"non placets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yearns (over)":{
|
|
"to have sympathy for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"who wouldn't yearn over the poor little girl who fell and scraped her knee?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aches (for)",
|
|
"bleeds (for)",
|
|
"commiserates (with)",
|
|
"compassionates",
|
|
"condoles (with)",
|
|
"feels (for)",
|
|
"pities",
|
|
"sympathizes (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"grieves (for)",
|
|
"sorrows (for)",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"empathizes (with)",
|
|
"identifies (with)",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"understands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"scorns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yesterdays":{
|
|
"the events or experience of former times":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my grandparents are always reminiscing about yesterday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auld lang synes",
|
|
"histories",
|
|
"pasts",
|
|
"yesteryears",
|
|
"yores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bygones",
|
|
"flashbacks",
|
|
"annals",
|
|
"chronicles",
|
|
"records",
|
|
"memoirs",
|
|
"antiquities",
|
|
"long agos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"by-and-bys",
|
|
"futures",
|
|
"futurities",
|
|
"hereafters",
|
|
"offings",
|
|
"tomorrows",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"nows",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"todays"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yeshivas":{
|
|
"as in madrassas , Sunday schools":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"madrassas",
|
|
"madrasas",
|
|
"madrassahs",
|
|
"madrasahs",
|
|
"Sunday schools",
|
|
"charter schools",
|
|
"magnet schools",
|
|
"minischools",
|
|
"common schools",
|
|
"elementary schools",
|
|
"grammar schools",
|
|
"high schools",
|
|
"junior high schools",
|
|
"kindergartens",
|
|
"middle schools",
|
|
"primary schools",
|
|
"public schools",
|
|
"secondary schools",
|
|
"senior high schools",
|
|
"trade schools",
|
|
"training schools",
|
|
"boarding schools",
|
|
"preparatory schools",
|
|
"preps",
|
|
"prep schools",
|
|
"academes",
|
|
"academies",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"seminaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yelling":{
|
|
"as in screaming , howling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"loudmouthed",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"openmouthed",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"clamant",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"vociferant",
|
|
"vociferating",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"blatant",
|
|
"obstreperous",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"vociferous",
|
|
"cacophonous",
|
|
"dissonant",
|
|
"resounding",
|
|
"sonorous",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"uproarious",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"clanging",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"jangly",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"whiny",
|
|
"whiney",
|
|
"yapping",
|
|
"yelping",
|
|
"nasal",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"sharp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"noiseless",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"soundless",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"toned (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cry out loudly and emotionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"yelled with fear when the speeding car veered onto the crowded sidewalk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shrieking",
|
|
"shrilling",
|
|
"squalling",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"yelping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"vociferating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"whispering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I yelled to the kids in the backyard that it was time to go home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"bellowing",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"holloing",
|
|
"hallooing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"vociferating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"whooping",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shrieking",
|
|
"shrilling",
|
|
"squeaking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"ululating",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"whispering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yenning (for)":{
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what car lover doesn't yen for a new car at the start of every model year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aching (for)",
|
|
"coveting",
|
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"craving",
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"desiderating",
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"desiring",
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"dying (for)",
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"hankering (for or after)",
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"hungering (for)",
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"itching (for)",
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"jonesing (for)",
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"longing (for)",
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"lusting (for or after)",
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"panting (after)",
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"pining (for)",
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"repining (for)",
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"salivating (for)",
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"sighing (for)",
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"thirsting (for)",
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"wanting",
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"wishing (for)",
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"yearning (for)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"spoiling (for)",
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"adoring",
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"delighting (in)",
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"digging",
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"enjoying",
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"fancying",
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"grooving (on)",
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"liking",
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"loving",
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"relishing",
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"reveling (in)",
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"revelling (in)",
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"favoring",
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"preferring",
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"admiring",
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"appreciating",
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"cherishing",
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"prizing",
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"treasuring",
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"valuing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abhorring",
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"abominating",
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"despising",
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"detesting",
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"execrating",
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"hating",
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"loathing",
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"declining",
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"refusing",
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"rejecting",
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"spurning"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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}
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} |